Florida Keys
“….This world of the Keys
has no counterpart
elsewhere in the United
States, and indeed few
Coasts of the earth are
like it ….”
Rachel Carson
• 46 Bridges
• >1600 Keys
• >1800 miles of
shoreline
Sanctuary Advisory Council
• Monroe County Elected Official
• Citizen Reps.
19
• Recreation Fishing Reps.
• Commercial Fishing Reps. Members of
• Tropical Fishing Collector
various
• Archaeology rep
stakeholders
• Dive Industry Reps.
• Science Rep.
• Conservation Organization Reps.
• Education Rep.
• Tourism reps
Sanctuary Advisory
Council
Our Conduit
To the Waterfront
Community
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Marine Zones
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Sanctuary Preservation Areas
Special-Use Areas
Ecological Reserves
Wildlife Management Areas
Existing Management Areas
Tortugas Ecological Reserve
Final
• July 1, 2001
• 518 sq k
• 151 sq mi
• Tortugas N & S
• FKNMS (boundary
expanded)
• 7 Separate Jurisdictions
Tortugas 2000 Working Group
• 25 member Working
Group of Sanctuary
Advisory Council
• All stakeholders
• All Resource Managers
• Ecosystem Approach
• Ignored Jurisdictions
• Focus not on size or %
area, but objectives
Oceanography / Currents
High potential for providing larvae to downstream
areas
Current Meters
Gulf of Mexico Regional Circulation
Fl ori d
a
Loop
Curr ent
B ahamas
Everglades
Nat'l Park
Fl ori da
Current
Bisc
a yne
Bay
FLORIDA
Gulf
S tream
Cuba
Cape
Sable
Y ucatan
Florida
Bay
Bathymetry
Dry Tortugas
Marquesas Keys
Key West
Pourtales Terrace
Cu rr
Flo rid a
en t
High potential for receiving & retaining larvae
Four Paths of Satellite Current-Tracking Meters
Investigators:
Dr. Tom Lee
Dr. Liz Williams
Un of Miami
NOAA Funds
Lobster
Reef Fish
Socio-economic Assessment
Diving
Rec Fish
Sanctuary Enforcement

Use Interpretive Enforcement

Federally Funded

State FWC Officers
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Equipment
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17 Sanctuary Officers

Captain & 4 Lieutenants

NOAA / Enforcement
Enforcement
• Utilize an 82’ USCG cutter for patrols
• Utilize a 41’ USCG patrol craft for patrols
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Size-Frequency of Male Spiny Lobsters
Western Sambo
Ecological Reserve
Pelican Shoal
Reference
Frequency
50
40
30
20
10
25
Cox et al.
50
75
100
125
1997
1999
25
2001
50
75
100
125
1997
1999
2001
Reef Fishes
Yellowtail Snapper, Exploited Phase
*
10.000
1.000
Mean Density
*
Protected
*
0.100
0.010
Fished
0.001
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
Bohnsack et al.
Black Grouper, Exploited Phase
1.0000
Mean Density
0.1000
*
*
Protected
0.0100
Fished
0.0010
0.0001
1993
*
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
Bohnsack et al.
1997 Yellowtail Snapper Density
(Adults)
No-take Marine Reserves
Key West
1998 Yellowtail Snapper Density
(Adults)
No-take Marine Reserves
Key West
1999 Yellowtail Snapper Density
(Adults)
No-take Marine Reserves
Key West
2000 Yellowtail Snapper Density
(Adults)
No-take Marine Reserves
Key West
2001 Yellowtail Snapper Density
(Adults)
No-take Marine Reserves
Key West